Bertalan Farkas | |
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| Born | August 2, 1949 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Space career | |
| Interkosmos Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Brigadier General, Hungarian Air Force |
Time in space | 7d 20h 45m |
| Selection | 1978 Intercosmos Group |
| Missions | Soyuz 36/Soyuz 35 |
Mission insignia |  |
Bertalan Farkas (Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈbɛrtɒlɒn], born August 2, 1949) is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space by him.[1] Farkas is also the first Esperantist cosmonaut.[2] He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade.[citation needed]
Following his mission, Hungarian-American Károly Simonyi (Charles Simonyi) was the second Hungarian astronaut – the only person in the entire world who has been twice in space as a space tourist and who had paid for himself for the spaceflights.[3] The next Hungarian astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by 2025.[4]
- ^ Béres, Attila (2018-05-06). "Hogyan lettünk a világ hetedik űrhajós nemzete? - Nyolc magyar, aki nélkül nem történhetett volna meg". Qubit (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ (in Hungarian) Szilvási László, Az első eszperantista űrhajós (the first Esperantist cosmonaut), eszperanto.hu, Hungara Vivo, 1/1981.
- ^ Harwood, William (2009-03-26). "Tourist and 2 Others on Way to Space Station". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Elkezdik keresni az új magyar űrhajost - nyilatkozta Szijjártó". euronews (in Hungarian). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2019-12-14.